Pacific Retains Toyer for Economic Development Project

The City of Pacific, Washington has retained Toyer Strategic Consulting (TSC) to complete an economic development project funded by the City and a grant from the Port of Seattle.

Under the project scope TSC will identify, categorize and visit key employers within the community. A final consultant report and business retention and expansion (BRE) program recommendations are due to the City and Port no later than November 1st of this year.

“We are excited to work with the City of Pacific and support their existing businesses,” said David Toyer, owner of Toyer Strategic. “Pacific is an especially unique location in Washington State, supporting jointly with the City of Sumner one of nine ‘manufacturing industrial centers’ that could yield up to 2,100 acres of new industrial development along the SR 167 corridor.”

About PacificLocated 28 miles south of downtown Seattle, Pacific is split between King and Pierce counties and has a 2017 population estimate of 7,184.

The cities of Pacific and Sumner were provisionally designated a manufacturing industrial center (MIC) in 2016 by the Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) pending completion of a MIC subarea plan expected later this year.